UFC: Most submissions
The all-time UFC top 100, rebuilt from every completed UFC fight in our database.
Updated September 21, 2026
A fighter with a bout in the last 18 months. Country boards rank every fighter from that country and cannot be combined with the active filter.
| # | Fighter | Most submissions | Wins | Bouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   Alexandre Pantoja | 6 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 |   Demetrious Johnson | 5 | 13 | 15 |
| T-3 |  Brandon Royval | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| T-3 |    Muhammad Mokaev | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| T-5 |   Tatsuro Taira | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| T-5 |  Deiveson Figueiredo | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| T-5 |   Édgar Cháirez | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| T-5 |  Jafel Filho | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| T-5 |  Brandon Moreno | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| T-5 |   Asu Almabayev | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| T-5 |  John Moraga | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| T-5 |  Jussier Formiga | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| T-5 |  Yuta Sasaki | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| T-5 |  Jimmy Flick | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| T-15 |  Clayton Carpenter | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| T-15 |  Alex Perez | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| T-15 |  Matt Schnell | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| T-15 |  André Lima | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| T-15 |  Bruno Silva | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| T-15 |  Jesus Aguilar | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| T-15 |  Tagir Ulanbekov | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| T-15 |  Joseph Morales | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| T-15 |   Jake Hadley | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| T-15 |  Wilson Reis | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| T-15 |  Ray Borg | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| T-15 |  Ben Nguyen | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| T-27 |  Kyoji Horiguchi | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| T-27 |  Allan Nascimento | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| T-27 |  Alessandro Costa | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| T-27 |    Amir Albazi | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| T-27 |  Tim Elliott | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| T-27 |  Louis Smolka | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| T-27 |  Zhalgas Zhumagulov | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| T-27 |   David Dvorak | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| T-27 |  Joseph Benavidez | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| T-27 |   Paddy Holohan | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| T-27 |  Neil Seery | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| T-27 |  Jordan Espinosa | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Career boards need at least 5 bouts with tracked statistics.